The Olympian: An American Triumph

I dare greatly, and I shall live my life as no ordinary man bound by a game of chance.
– John Baxter Taylor

Running is his sacred ritual. As his legs gracefully carry him around the track at the University of Pennsylvania, he feels the wind in his face and freedom at his back. It is 1905, and John Baxter Taylor Jr. is three years away from representing the United States at the Olympic Games in London, where he will become the first African American Gold Medalist in Olympic Game history.

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